step_4 Flashcards

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dissuader

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to deter from

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un moyen de dissuasion

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a deterrent

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décevoir

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to disappoint (be disappointed at + v-ing, by + noun, in someone)

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décevant

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disapointing

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de manière décevante

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disappointingly

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déception

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disappointment

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licencier, renvoyer

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to dismiss

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se délocaliser

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to relocate

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rejeter une idée

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to dismiss an idea

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un licenciement

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a dismissal

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déranger

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to disturb

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des troubles, des incidents, des émeutes

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disturbance

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troublant, inquiétant

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disturbing

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miniminer

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to downplay (to play down)

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laisser tomber

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to drop

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quitter l’école, laisser tomber ses études

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to drop out of school

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un jeune qui abandonne ses études

un marginal, un laissé-pour-compte

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a drop-out

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18
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augmenter progressivement

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to edge up

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diminuer progressivement

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to edge down

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faire de légers progès

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to edge forward

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an edge

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un bord

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avoir une légère supériorité sur

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to have an edge on

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crispé, stressé, énervé

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edgy

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apparaître, émerger, surgir

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to emerge… from

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il en résulte que...
it emerges from this that
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la naissance, l'émergence
the emergences of
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émergent
émergent
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l'urgence
the emergency
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en cas de nécessité
in case of emergency
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un état d'urgence
a state of emergency
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une sortie de secours
an emergency exit
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un atterrissage forcé
an emergency landing
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le service des urgences (hôpital)
the emergency service/ward
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englober
to encompass
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blessé
injured, wounded
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s'efforcer
endeavour
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faire appliquer la loi
to enforce the law
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imposer
to enforce on/upon
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l'application
the enforcement
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entraîner, provoquer
to entail
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minimiser
to downplay
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projet
scheme
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supplier
to beg
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apparemment
apparently, seemingly
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être blessé
to be wounded
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couvre-feu
curfew
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banqueroute
bankruptcy
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licenciements
lay-offs
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éradiquer, supprimer
to eradicate
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l'éradication
the eradication
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un événement
an event
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l'actualité
current events, current affairs
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au cas où
in the event of
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dans tous les cas, quoi qu'il arrive
in any event
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mouvementé
eventful
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expulser
to evict
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dépasser
to exceed
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extrêmement
exceedingly
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un excès
excess
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pousser à l'excès
to carry to excess
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attendre, s'attendre à
to expect
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une attente, une espérance
an expectation
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dans l'attente de, en prévision de
in expectation of
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vivre dans l'expectative
to live in expectation
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contrairement à toutes les attentes
contrary to all expectations
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au-delà de toute attente
beyond expectations
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répondre à l'attente de quelqu'un
to come up to somebody's expectations
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une future mère
an expectant mother
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l'espérance de vie
life expectancy
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agrandir, prolonger (lancer, offrir), s'étendre
to extend
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le degré, la mesure, l'ampleur, l'étendue
the extent
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la disparition
the extinction
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espèce disparu
extinct species
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estimer, penser, croire
to reckon, to deem, to consider, to suppose, to believe
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supposer
to surmise, to assume
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critiquer (fustiger)
to criticize (to castigate, to chastise)
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prétendre que
to contend that
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adhérer à une opinion générale
to endorse a common opinion
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souligner
to emphasize, to lay emphasis on
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ne pas tenir compte
to ignore, to disregard
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rester sur le terrain des faits
to stick to the facts
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prendre au pied de la lettre
to take something at face value
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prendre le parti de
to speak for to defend to take a stand on behalf of to be committed to
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plaider en faveur de, contre
to make a plea for, to plead for, against
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avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur/contre
to make a compelling case for/against
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défendre une cause perdue, une opinion
to support a lost cause, an opinion
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porter une accusation contre
to level an accusation against
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être à côté de la question
to be beside the point
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être pertinent
to be to the point
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être considéré comme acquis, comme allant de soi
to be taken for granted
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être en contrast avec
to be sharp in contrast with
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établir un lien entre
to set up a connection between
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citer un exemple
to cite, to quote (a case of, an example of)
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mettre en évidence
to bring to the fore
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se résumer à, se réduire à
to boil down to
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une vie active
a working life
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souffrir d'une crise
to undergo a crisis
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exposition
exhibition
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niveau de vie
a standard of living, living standards
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sensibiliser
to make aware
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marcher dans les rues
to take to the streets
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nocif
noxious, harmful